Stress is defined as the state resulting from person-environment transaction that makes a person identify an inconsistency between the demands of a circumstance and a person’s biological, psychological, or social systems resources. Medically speaking, stress would be the disturbance of homeostasis due to physical or psychological stimuli such as shock or injury. This disturbance can produce mental or physiological reactions that can lead to illness. Stress can be caused by experiences perceived differently by different people. To not get caught up with stress, a person needs to know stress management, which is the ability to identify stress factors and learning how to cope with them.

Stress management includes techniques and methods that will enable a person to effectively deal with psychological stress.

People deal with stress in their own ways. Time management, learning to say “No” to some demands, and setting limits, are examples of stress management. Other methods include the following:

·    Autogenic training, a relaxation technique that is similar to yoga and meditation
·    Biofeedback, a relaxation technique that uses physical signals to help change body reactions to those signals
·    Cognitive therapy, a form of therapy that stems from the belief that emotional conflicts are results of irrational and habitual forms of thinking
·    Conflict resolution, the ending of a disagreement or a dispute
·    Exercise, which not only maintains and improves personal health and fitness, but also promotes weight loss
·    Listening to relaxing music genres such as New Age and classical
·    Meditation, a state of concentration attention on an object of thought, awareness, or the mind itself

·    Nootropics, or smart drugs or smart nutrients, substances that improve the capacities and functions of the brain
·    Relaxation techniques, which include fractional and progressive relaxation, and stress balls
·    Sexual intercourse, or coitus, the human form of copulation, is also an expression of love or intimacy
·    Talking therapy, which is talking about feelings regarding relationships and other issues to another person or a psychologist

Stress can also be measured through various ways. The Holmes and Rahe Stress Scale rates stressful events in a person’s life through numbered scales for adults and minors. The added result will determine if the person is in risk of stress-related illness or not. Blood pressure changes and galvanic skin response can be measured, too. The fight or flight response, which draws blood away from extremities, can be evaluated using a digital thermometer for the skin.

The whole point of stress management is to allow a person to deal with day-to-day activities in a wholesome, healthy, non self-destructive way.